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    The Gumby says Regal, the rest is? Click image for larger version. 

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    Default Re: What or why is this?

    Certainly not like anything in the Bob Carlin’s book on Regal Musical Instruments, other than the aforementioned Gumby headstock. Maybe a homemade job?

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    That is a German "Wappen"-Style mandolin body.
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    yeah, this is listed on Shopgoodwill.com as a Regal ... but it ain't one.
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    Thanks, now that I know, it was easy to find - Pamela Wilson online museum has the same one or another of the run. No dimensions given at SGW, so maybe it’s a mandola or something. Regal’s design probably a bit later: this feature inspired them? Stranger things have happened.
    Some collector will probably bid this one up out of my curiosity comfort zone, i.e. real cheap, so I’ll watch the auction.

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    is it not a Viennese Mandolinetto?

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